Path Network DDoS Protection
Path Network DDoS Protection is a cloud, always-on service for mitigating attacks across both Layer 4 and Layer 7.
What Path Network DDoS Protection is
Path Network DDoS Protection is a cloud, always-on service for mitigating attacks across both Layer 4 and Layer 7. Path presents it for gaming platforms and enterprise infrastructure, with managed mitigation and a web application firewall included. Filtering uses XDP and eBPF at the kernel level. The service combines real-time filtering, DNS protection, and web application firewall controls, while customers can configure a global firewall and custom application filters. DNS protection is designed to block spoofing, amplification, and DNS-based attacks, and a configurable XDP DNS filter checks traffic against DNS protocol standards. Adaptive filtering addresses UDP-based Layer 4 attacks while preserving known legitimate traffic. The stateful cloud firewall applies per-IP rules across Path’s network before traffic reaches customer infrastructure. API integrations support reseller and hosting portals such as WHMCS, and FastNetMon Advanced can combine on-premise detection with cloud mitigation. GRE, IPIP, and IP6TNL tunneling are supported. Pricing is available on request.
Good
- Always-on cloud mitigation
- XDP and eBPF kernel filtering
- DNS protection and included WAF
- API integration with customer portals
- FastNetMon Advanced integration
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request
- Firewall rules lack port-range support
- BGP use requires specific network prerequisites
Who it suits
It suits gaming platforms, enterprise infrastructure, resellers, and hosting companies needing managed, always-on mitigation. BGP customers need a public ASN, routable IP space, route objects, and RPKI/ROA for prefixes.
Verdict
Path Network combines always-on mitigation with DNS, firewall, and WAF controls in a cloud deployment. Its port-by-port firewall rule requirement and BGP prerequisites are important configuration considerations.
The facts
Each one read from Path Network DDoS Protection's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Adaptive filtering
- Path says its adaptive filtering targets UDP-based DDoS attacks by analyzing server traffic and applying rate limits.checked 10 Oct 2001
- API integration
- Path says resellers and hosting companies can use its API to integrate protection rule management into WHMCS or another customer portal.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Configuration limit
- Path's setup guide says firewall rules do not support port ranges, so customers need individual rules for each required port and protocol.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Customer controls
- Path says customers can configure its global firewall and custom application filters.checked 10 Oct 2001
- DNS filters
- Path offers a configurable XDP-based DNS filter that checks incoming traffic against DNS protocol standards.checked 9 Oct 2001
- DNS protection
- Path describes a DNS protection setup using network-edge rate limiting, a global stateful firewall, and an XDP filter for DNS traffic.checked 10 Oct 2001
- FastNetMon integration
- Path describes an integration with FastNetMon Advanced that combines on-premises attack detection with cloud-based DDoS mitigation.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Filtering technology
- The platform uses XDP and eBPF to filter threats at the kernel level.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Firewall
- Its cloud stateful firewall lets customers set per-IP traffic rules, synchronized across the network before traffic reaches their infrastructure.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Firewall rule limit
- Path's support guide says firewall rules do not support port ranges, so customers must create an individual rule for each port and protocol.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Path says resellers and hosting companies can use its API to integrate firewall rules with customer portals such as WHMCS.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Intended customers
- Path describes solutions for gaming platforms and enterprise infrastructure, and says its DNS protection is tailored to DNS servers.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Network requirements
- Path says BGP customers must have a public ASN, publicly routable IP space, route objects, and RPKI/ROA for all prefixes.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Network status
- Path's status page lists its API, client portal, remote DDoS protection, regional locations, and WAF as monitored services.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Protection layers
- Path describes combining real-time filtering, DNS protection, and web application firewalls.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Service
- Path Network provides DDoS mitigation alongside web application firewall, DNS, and Layer 7 solutions.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support
- Path says its incident response team assesses issues, contains threats, and helps restore services.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Tunneling
- Path lists GRE over IPv4, IPIP over IPv4, and IP6TNL over IPv6 as supported tunneling technologies.checked 10 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- DDoS mitigation
- Path says its platform uses XDP and eBPF to filter threats at the kernel level.checked 10 Oct 2001
The company
- Headquarters
- Path Network's blog author profile lists Phoenix, Arizona.checked 10 Oct 2001
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